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It wasn't JUST a loss. It was somebody he feels is wrong and knows is hurting others still getting the higher up of things when he doesn't deserve it. Like the school bully who's popular anyway while you try your best to be nice and end up sitting at a table alone. It's FRUSTRATING.

Anyways, man this episode was great. I can't believe I was ever worried about Chimchar's evolution. Monferno is ridiculously cute and hasn't changed a bit besides being more awesome. It was really neat seeing him lead that little cheer when he was feeling better. Ferny's really grown up and gained some confidence in himself. <3

Also, I feel bad, but when I first saw all the pokes sitting there hurt, I loled. It was just so pathetic looking. xD

I was not just a loss, it was a loss that if won proves you don't have to treat your pokemon like crap. Whoever won made a huge impact on either player. Have even been watching the anime?

^ here's hoping that Brock gets lost on the way to lake acuity and doesn't come back.
And Ash has travel by himself if only for a short time. After Johto he traveled back home and then to Hoenn. Remeber the epsiode where pikachu and Meowth get lost on that island before Ash made it to Hoenn. Or when Ash traveled to Sinnoh by himself.

LOL Yah Brock getting lost in the forrest and never coming back, best arc ever that'd be. Any who I enjoyed the episode myself, as every one else already said I just love how they showed how close Ash and his Pokemon are, very sweet. I really like that Ash got his confidence back by battling Team Rocket.

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I have to admit, I really thought Ash would mope a lot longer than he did. Glad to see they didn't go that route, and that his "moping" was restricted to trying to figure out where he went wrong.

And I nearly peed myself laughing when Mamoswine started doing pirouettes. The faces were one thing, but that just about killed me.

Can't wait to see the dub for this, so that I can get a vague idea what TR was going on about when they first took the stage. That giant head thing they kept doing was something I think I should recognise, but don't at the moment.

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Nice episode its nice to see Ash and the Pokemon's bond seem stronger than ever! Could anyone ever imagine Paul's Pokemon all hugging him if he were ever depressed? I doubt they'd even care or vice versa. Although not apparent now, I think Ash has got the right idea.

Nice episode its nice to see Ash and the Pokemon's bond seem stronger than ever! Could anyone ever imagine Paul's Pokemon all hugging him if he were ever depressed? I doubt they'd even care or vice versa. Although not apparent now, I think Ash has got the right idea.

Its great that Ash's pokemon hugged their trainer, and he became happy. And best of all is that he got his confidence back. I hope that Ash's training methods and attitude doesn't become like Paul's.

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LOL Yah Brock getting lost in the forrest and never coming back, best arc ever that'd be. Any who I enjoyed the episode myself, as every one else already said I just love how they showed how close Ash and his Pokemon are, very sweet. I really like that Ash got his confidence back by battling Team Rocket.

Brock isn't going anywhere.

Unless you want Ash, Dawn & co. to starve...hmm not a bad idea

or unless you prefer Dawn's commentary in Gym Battles

or unlesss you prefer seeing two imbeciles hogging the show instead of one intelligent person to guide them O_o

Ash was travelling how long? before he told Pikachu to use Quick Attack on Agatha's Gengar

What happened to using actual japanese on this show? I noticed on the book with the 3 sprites, The names under them are their names in katakana turned at weird angles and broken in some places (yes, I have alot of time on my hands)

On a different note, Cute episode, Not really much to do with Uxie, it's shadow, or Brock. Just Emo-ash and his horrible defeat D:

Can't wait to see the dub for this, so that I can get a vague idea what TR was going on about when they first took the stage. That giant head thing they kept doing was something I think I should recognise, but don't at the moment.

Hmm, I'm not sure if I am allowed to translate here? But *SPOILER ALERTS* LOL. Initially, TR took out the bottle right, they call it suitable for someone who just lost a battle like Satoshi did. Then Musashi said something about believing or not believing, but that those who believe will be saved. Actually what she's doing is she is emphasizing on the word "believe" because in Japanese, it contains the word SHINJI (which is what she is saying when her head popped out huge). Basically trying to rub it in Satoshi's face.

As for Nyarth, he's saying something like, "because of that, we'll take Pikachu... blah blah...", but when his head popped out, it actually emphasize the word O-MAKE, which means losing.

Apparently Satoshi is too oblivious too notice that they're insulting him though =P

It seems to be a law of Pokemon that, after a great set of episodes by all accounts (rival, big battle, reoccurring characters, great animation, character development), you have to have a filler that pretty much goes nowhere.

Oh, Takeshi, you saw Yuxie? Who cares? At least, that was the message I got from the episode. I'm sure that the Lake Trio being seen by the Anime Trio is going to build into SOMETHING, but this episode is pretty much filler until that plot point is used again.

On top of that, the animation was a big step down. After 2 episodes of a full battle with very fluid animation, we had scenes where Pokemon, people, and even the backdrop like clouds, appear pretty flat and lifeless. And when stuff did start to move around, it looked like a page or two was missing when they were splicing it all together.

And while I wasn't a big fan of Hikari's Theme as the ending theme, I can't stand the Pichu song.

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Say! If his Pokemon love Ash even though he couldn't beat Paul, then maybe he won't have to worry about Paul or anybody Ash finds too cruel to be training Pokemon.

While bonding with Pokemon alone didn't make Ash a superior trainer to Paul, who uses strategy over raw power, Ash was and will always be superior to the ones who tried kidnapping Pikachu countless times: Team Rocket.

Looks like Ash got his fighting spirit back. I seem to noticed the connections between the Lake Trio and the three: Brock = Knowledge, Dawn = Emotion, and Ash = Willpower. As much as how repetitive Team Rocket is, I do give them credit for making silly facial epressions. As for Dawn Circus, I would personally say it'll only be good if it has Casey Jr., but that's just me and my own fantasy world.

Episode was good . Nice to see Ash overcome his loss to Paul and knowing that to defeat Paul isn't going to be easy . The Faces Team Rocket made here were really funny . And Dawn's Circus was really nice put there when Mamoswine did the pose ROFL XD . And it was weird because they changed the opening pictures last time and I though they were going to change the opening again today to include Monferno in it but I guess they didn't =/ . Oh and Finally seeing the episodes in Wide screen again , lol Finally CN fixed the cropped episodes .